Denver man accused of killing wife after eating pot-infused candy pleads not guilty to murder
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A Denver man accused of killing his wife after eating marijuana-infused candy has pleaded not guilty to first-degree murder.
Forty-eight-year-old Richard Kirk entered his plea during a brief court appearance Friday as members of his family watched.
He's accused of killing Kristine Kirk last April while she was on a 911 call with police dispatchers.
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On the call, Kristine Kirk said her husband was paranoid and hallucinating after eating marijuana candy. Dispatchers heard the woman beg her husband not to retrieve a gun from a safe. Then they heard a gunshot, and the line went quiet.
The couple had three young sons.
Richard Kirk is scheduled to go on trial Oct. 26.